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Draft Programme Honouring Miss Lou

Day 2 - Thursday, Jan 10
TIME EVENT PRESENTER(S) VENUE
8:30-9:30 Registration    
9:30-10:30 Plenary 1: “Louise Bennett: National Poet as Transnational?”

Professor Jahan Ramazani, Chair, Department of English, University of Virginia

Chair: Mr Joseph Periera, Deputy Principal, UWI, Mona 		Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT)
10:30-11:00 BREAK BREAK  
11:30-12:20 Panel 1: Poetry, Orality and Performance: Currents in Caribbean Criticism Chair: Dr Ifeoma Nwankwo, Associate Professor, Vanderbilt University Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT)
12:30-2:00 LUNCH/Invited Readings    
2:00-3:00 Plenary 2: “Writing Reggae: Politics, Poetry and Popular Culture.”

Linton Kwesi Johnson, poet

Chair: Professor Emeritus Mervyn Morris, UWI 		Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT)
3:00-4:20 Round Table 1: “Remembering Miss Lou” Peter Ashbourne, Joan Andrea Hutchinson, Lois Kelly -Miller, Alma Mock Yen Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT)
4:30-5:00 Book Launch: Eros Muse ( Africa World Press, 2008) Opal Palmer Adisa Social Sciences Lecture Theatre (SSLT)
5:00-6:00 Video Presentation: The Drums Keep Sounding    
6:00-6:30 BREAK BREAK  
6:30-8:00 Guest Performers Linton Kwesi Johnson, Jean Binta Breeze, Mutabaruka Undercroft